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Even Handed Future of Surgery—Ambidextrous, Serious Gamers with Innate Left Hand Laterality

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Agarwal, N. Even Handed Future of Surgery—Ambidextrous, Serious Gamers with Innate Left Hand Laterality. Indian J Surg 78, 509–510 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-016-1514-x

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